JANUARY 19, 2007
HI! MY NAME IS KRISTIE MCCLELLAN. I AM SUFFERING
FROM A DISEASE CALLED IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
; (I.P.F.). THERE
IS NO CURE FOR THIS DISEASE.
I.P.F. IS A DISEASE THAT INVOLVES SCARRING OF THE LUNG. GRADUALLY THE AIR SACS OF THE LUNGS BECOME REPLACED BY FIBROTIC TISSUE. WHEN THE SCAR FORMS THE TISSUE BECOMES THICKER CAUSING AN IRREVERSIBLE LOSS OF THE TISSUE'S ABILITY TO TRANSFER OXYGEN INTO THE BLOODSTREAM.
ONE DAY A FRIEND CALLED MY HUSBAND AND SAID THAT GARY GRAHAM HAD AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE THAT MIGHT HELP ME. SO JUSTIN BROST BROUGHT IT TO ME ON A THURSDAY IN AUGUST 2006. WE WERE HAVING A WEDDING IN OUR YARD THAT WEEKEND. THE WEDDING WAS DOWN HILL FROM THE HOUSE SO I WAS CONSTANTLY GOING UP AND DOWN THIS HILL. JUSTIN SAYS LET'S TAKE A WALK DOWN THE HILL AND BACK UP, SO WE DID. I WAS HUFFING AND PUFFING AND COULD HARDLY BREATH. SO I STARTED USING THE MACHINE AND JUST AFTER 2 DAYS I NOTICED A DIFFERENCE. I USE IT EVERY DAY FOR ½ HOUR A DAY.
I SAW DR. RAJHU AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. THEY DID SOME SIMPLE TESTS, CLIMBING THE STAIRS AND WALKING FOR SIX MINUTES. FOUR MONTHS LATER I WENT BACK TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND HAD THE SAME TESTS. I COULD CLIMB AN EXTRA FLIGHT AND A HALF OF STAIRS AND WALKED ANOTHER 1000 FEET. AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO CURE FOR I.P.F. BUT THIS MACHINE HAS ME GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY, THE BEST I'VE FELT IN THREE YEARS.
THIS MACHINE IS CALLED THE EFS-100. BUT TO ME IT
IS MY MACHINE
.
Article published by The Bellingham Herald with an interview with Kristie McClellan (Adobe PDF Document)
Update September 2008
My EFS is working great, I use it three times a week! I rarely notice symptoms from IPF and my doctor doesn’t want to even see me again for a whole year…From April to April!
I am just doing great and don’t even take any medications that would be prescribed for IPF.
